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Home My WebLink About07/12/1912 Board of Public Works MinutesBoard met in regular meeting at 10:00 A.M. Mr. Lambert absent:. */Communication received from Oliver: Chilled Plow Company, with reference to pile in river at Power Plant. Same was referred to the City Attorney. Petition received for Pipe Sewer on Witwer Avenue from Dubail Avenue to Indiana Avenue. The same was referred to the City Engineer for investigation. Bonds and contracts s#gned and approved for pipe sewers on the following Streets: I/Pipi Sewer on Bi rdse ll Street from Fas sna' cht Avenue to lat. alley south, under Improvement Resolution No. 160. Contractor, Henry DeVos. j/Pipe sewer on Harris St re et from Division St re et to G.T.W. Rj . , under Improvement ,Resolution No. 159. Cont ralct or, Henry De Voss wipe Sewer on idarion, Street from Lafayette Street to 60 ft. W. of gain Street,under Improvement Resolution No. 15B. Contractor, Hoban & Roach: ✓Bond and contract signed and approved for the Trunk Sewer on Main Street from Indiana Avenue to Ewing 'Avenue, under Improvement Resolution No. 176. , Contractor Henry De Ves. ✓G ode, curb and alk on Kinyon Street from Portage Avenue to W. line of Morris Park Addition, under Improvement Resolution No. 169 was signed and approved by the Board and H. W. Reed & Sons. `Graide, curb and walk on Various Streets, under'Improvement Resolution No. 151, was signed and approved by the Board and Hugh Anderson. --Grade, curb and walk on 'Howard Street from Notre .Dame Avenue to Eddy Street, under .Improvement . Resolution Noe 153, was signed and approved by the Board and Hugh Anderson. The City Engineer reports the water in 'on all lots on Carroll Court by private contract with the exception of one lot, which is ordered by the Board to be laid,under Improve- ment resolution No. 75. dIn the matter of bids on St. Vincent Street, gr4do, curb and walk,under.,Improvement Res- olution No. 165 no bids were received and.the Board ordered bids re -let an Friday August the 2nd. 1912. ✓ In the matter of the Condemnation of Sherman Avenue South to lst. East and West Alley North of Oak Street, under Condemnation Resolution No. 14. The Board having said matter under advisement find that the remonstrators appearing and remonstrahi.ng ,should be sustained and that the resolution Should be and the same;,is hereby and in all things rescinded. /,-P&ngineer .filed assessment rell and final estimate for Asphalt resurfacing on Main Street from Wayne Street to Monroe Street, under Imrovement Resolution No. 115. Resolved, that notices atis.to the,,Apounts of assessments be published for six consecutive days in the South Bend Daily Takes, commencing on the 15th. day of July.1912,stating that this Board will give a hearing an the amount of .such assessments at its office in the City Hall on the 9the day of Auguste 1912, at 7:45 P.M* Resolved further, that the entire work under the above contracts be accepted and epprove and the final estimate thereon allowed. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 15th. day of July 1912,in the South. Bend Daily Times,' stating that this Board will give �a hearing on the acceptance. of such work at its office in the City Hall on the e 9th. day of August,1912 at 7:45 P.M. r President. 5 t Board met in regular hearing at 7:45 P:M. All members present. Hearing given on Assessment °Roll and Final Estimate for Water. & Sewer conr'r ctions on South Main Street from Wayne Street to Monroe Street,under Improvemant resolution No. 144. No remonstrators appeared and no remonstrances were filed. The Beard. there fore find that the property assessed -in said rolls filed June 18th. 1912bis benefited in the amount of assessments as shown on said rolls, and the Board further find that the assessment roll filed June l8th. 1912 and the final, estimate allowed June 18th. 1912 should be and the same are hereby in all things ratified, con firmed and. approved. " Hearing given en Assessment roll and final estimate for Water Connedtions on Lafayette Street from Navarre Street to -Foote Street,under Improvement Resolution No. 150. No remonstrators appeared and no remonstrances were filed, The Board therefore find, that the property assessed in said rolls filed June 28th. 1912 is benefited in the amount as shove on 'said rolls, and the Board further find that the assess- ment rolls filed June 28th. 1912 and the final estimate June 28th. 1912 should be and the same are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved. Hearing given on Assessment roll and final estimate for Brick Pavement on 16t. Allr Alley East of Emerick Street from LaSalle Avenue to Colfax Avenue under Improveme t Re s wlut ioh No. 117. No remonstrators .appeared and rio remonstrances were filed, The Board therefore find that the property assessed in said rolls filed June 18th. 1912 is benefited in the amount of assessments as shown on said rolls, and the Board further find that the assessment rolls filed June 18th. 1912 'and the final estimate allowed June_ 18th. _191-2 should be and the same are hereby in all things ratified,oenrirmeo and approved. Hearing given on Assessment roll and final estimate for Brick Pavement en Alley West of Franklin Street from Washington Avenue to Jefferson Boul evard,unde r improvement resolution Ne. log. No remonstrators appeared and no remonstrances were filed. Tbr Board therefore find that the property assessed in said rolls filed June 28th. 1912 is- benefited in the amount of assessments as shown on said rolls, and the Board further find tht that the assessment rolls filed June 28th. 1912 and the final estimate allowed June 28`th. 1912 should be and the same are hereby iri and approved. all things ratified, confirmed z,Hearing given on Assessment roll and, final estimate for Brick Pavement in.lst. Ially Alley South of Jefferson Street @rem Main Street to Lafayette Street under, Imp.reve ment Resolution No. 122. N® remonstrators appeared and no remonstrances were filed, The Board th'e7refore find that the :property assessed in said rolls filed June 28th. 1912 is benefited in the amount of assessments as shown on ,said rolls, and the Board further find that the assessment rolls filed June 28th. 1912 and the final estimateallowed June 28th. 1912 should be and the same are hereby in all things ratifie d, aeon - firmed and approved. Hearing given an Assessment Roll and final estimate for Pipe Sewer on Johnson Street from Michigan Avenue to Vassar Avenue, under Improvement Resolution No. 138, No remonstrators appeared and no remensti4ariees were filed, The Board therefore find that the property assessed in said rolls filed June 18th. 1912 is benefited in the amount of assessments as shown an sedd rolls, and the Board further find that the assessment rolls filed June lfth. 1912 and the final estimate allowed June 18th. 1912 should be and the' same are hereby in, all things ratified, con- firmed and approved. P/Defe-rred hearing from June 29th. 1912 given on Declaratory Resolution No. 191 for TRUNK SEWER in and" along the Bowman Creek and in and through lands adjacent and conti- guous to said Creek, in the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter a remonstrator appeared, but no remonstrances were filed. -The Board,, ,:Of Public Works deeided'that t e drainage area:.'di strict . should `be modified, --.and resolved that the ::draining area ..of sai distri-et as, in said Resolution No. .lgl of the 21st. okay o-f May 11912 he, and remain the same on all :part.i;eulars save_- and-.exeept only as to the, below described and bounded portion thereof which should not be included in said drainage di st,ri ct ,t o--Wit _Be shxin �t a point 200_ f`t: South of the center of Ewing Avenue and One Hundred forty two 142) feet East of the Itas-t line of Marine Street, if extended south, thence` north parallel' witri and One=�Iundred =fort ,� �.42) feet "'E at' of the=E�st�al��.� �?";"said rt ko'k .e Street to -LA' p0d.A;' Hditdred Pif'ty `(ISa} feet 's`outh of the south 'Iine"o� Indiana Avenue: thence` west' to a P&4-At C�foi�t� =two `(-42) feet' "��st `of east line of Marine . St re et ; thehee `Nett h' &Io g t-tne ` ` East "1' xae ° a 16t in F+ -sheer' s <Sou 1 a Addition tti the eent'er of,, idiina Averue,'`Vhenee Eist� ale g`tne center; of`In�i en'a, Ave��uc;--thence East a'ld' g rl c center off' Irid �r i' Avcnue''to the, better of "Alley betWeen lots ;9(3_9'1-52 ',x` er's 2nd -` Addit bn'_!V t*i nce North &Iong ctntler li=mac of said alley, and said alley produced to the s out h li xe . o f the Lake Shore & Mi chi gax Southern R.R. Cots right -o f-way; thence n.o rt h- westtirly following the, s,.uthe�rly 'line `of said companies '"ri�Yt of -way to a p 'i�t n'l1�e w3.t i"t-he eaet 1i�e o`f lot "Y'""i�ei� er and- Kri`egrrb"at&ts NIstula`Avenue Additi,o ; �the"'nce id ' lot "Y" ix.; said Addition t o the no;rthe rl lime '01 lot North' alogg�the� ` etat line of sa y 2A said Addition*, ;thence Aorthd"terly `along northerly line of laid lot;. "Fr! - a,i'ot 'F"2 to -the westerly bank of the St. Joseph River; thence: south easterly f'ollova xg the west and south bank of said River to the,center of said Leer Street, thence south along center of s.=yid Leer Street to a point 200 ft. south of the center of Ewing Avenue,thenc• west parallel with and Two Hundred (260) ftsouth of the center of said Ewing Avenue to a point One Hundred a,na forty two (142) feet east -of east line of Marine Street, Which point is place . of beginning. Be it resolved that. the Board of Public Works find. that. i.n -eaeh an, —every aitze..in.said improvement the benefits to the p-coperty and to the City of .8outh`Ben.d, Indiana are equal :to the estimated, cost of,t.he said.i,mproveme , therefore be it, resolved by the Board of Pub_li e -Workx that the said Resolution. #191 ag modified to cl.r 3nPpe-etistriet, now be an6-. the same -As-hereby. ratified, eonfi--med.,-anc� ct?provcd_in all things:; ,Resolved that notices be. publiohed on the 21^t. .day .of Joruary 1913 ale on the 28th. day of January,1913 in the South Bend Daily Times, stating that this Board will receive bids for the construction of .said .improvements up to 10:00 ..A.M. on the filth. day of March 1913., , The Board reserves the right to re je-et any or all• ids4 .Deferred nearing from June; -'the. 29th. 19-12 .4ivex on Declaratory Resolution ,No lRO 'for: the T gunk sewer and drain in and along the Bowman Creek and in and .through- lands adjacent and ' contiguous. to said. Creek, in the City of South Bend., Indiana. The Board �Rving said; matter under advisement and being fully advised that the parties interested in the Pare have � failed to secure sufficient si.gn.atures f'or.re-clamatiox benefits find that all further s actioA on .the aforesaid Resolution should be and the -same are, hereby axd. in ,all things re.sieixded. Petition presented to the Honorable Comr.oA Couneil was referred to the Board of Public Works. The saute was referred to tne- City Street Commissioner for investigation. Pre s 'dcnt